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If you hadn't noticed, some 2012 Formula One cars have strange, "stepped noses." It's as if some engineer accidentally put Owen Wilson into a wind tunnel, looked at the data and shouted, "Eureka!" Indeed, 2012 will be a strange-looking season for F1's return to the US. More »
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The United States hosts a Formula One race again this year, and two are scheduled for next year. While the US has a long history with F1, there are serious concerns about whether the modern series can find a sustained popularity in the American media market. More »
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You ever look at a race car driver's neck and wonder why they're usually so thick? Watch this video of a woman trying to keep her head in one place while being battered around the Abu Dhabi Yas Marina track in a two-seat Formula One car. Whiplash! More »
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Tickets are now on sale for the 2012 U.S. Grand Prix to be held at the rapidly-forming Circuit of the Americas in Austin this November. Sort of. Right now you can get on the wait list to buy the nice tickets. More »
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Former HRT driver Bruno Senna is going to race for Williams F1 in 2012. I kept "Bruno" off the headline for this F1 update because it's a little jarring if you have the proper context and know the history. Senna's uncle, the great Ayrton Senna, died 18 years ago in his third race for Williams. More »
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We've shown you a quick and dirty lap of the new Circuit of the Americas track in Austin. Now we've got a turn-by-turn guide to the layout courtesy of Jalopnik contributor Kevin McCauley who toured the track for CultureMap Austin and brought back this amazing photo gallery. — Ed. More »
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During today's press conference announcing the New Jersey Formula One race, officials quoted one UK newspaper as saying the prospective street circuit would "race like Spa, look like Monte Carlo." Awesome. So how'd they find such a pitch-perfect site? Google Earth, apparently. More »
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Yup, it turns out, from this first shot from the official press conference that's about to start, that we were absolutely correct about the layout of the New Jersey F1 race course. And here it is. More »
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Formula One, the international motorsport that has struggled mightily to gain a foothold here in the United States wherein their open-wheel cars make both left and right turns, is officially coming to New Jersey in 2013. Yo, Pauly D's totally gonna try to jump Tamara Ecclestone, right? More »
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Europeans — especially the Brits — seem just that much more evolved with celebutante decadence than us Yanks. In place of Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian, they get F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone's daughter Tamara exposing herself while rolling about alluringly on a bed of £50 notes, wearing a pair of heels that will give Max Mosley painfully sweet dreams for some time to come. More »
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In-car cameras have come a long way since John Frankenheimer rigged up a gyrostabilized mount to get the feel of Monza's banking in Grand Prix, but despite a multitude of creative placements on the car they've never really gotten the perspective of the driver just right. Until now. More »
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Every parent wonders just what their children are capable of, usually for good and occasionally — like when they climb on countertops and start waiving knives around — for not-so-good. Here's some handy infoporn showing traits shared by Formula 1 champions. Step 1: Move to Europe. More »
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WHOOO! YEAH! Gooooood morning America! Hey, why the sad faces? You look like you're not getting your recommended daily allowance of pure awesome. Thank the volcanic aliens that Red Bull and Tom Cruise are here to top you off with America's greatest action hero doing laps in an old Red Bull F1 car on a closed circuit. Come for the hot laps, stay for the helicopter stunts! More »
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The Texas hill country was alive with the sounds of a Formula One V10 this past weekend as racing superstar and F1 commentator David Coulthard shredded tires of the Red Bull F1 showcar on the streets of Austin. Jalopnik had a chance to talk to Coulthard and get his impressions of F1 in the United States and breakfast tacos. More »
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Confirming widespread reprorts, Lotus Renault said today that Bruno Senna, nephew of racing great Ayrton Senna, would run the Belgian Grand Prix this weekend, bumping Nick Heidfeld. This can't be just another marketing ploy by Lotus, right? More »
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To whet Texans' appetite for open-cockpit cars that turn left and right, Red Bull put David Coulthard in its Formula 1 publicity chassis and turned him loose on the streets of Austin. This may technically qualify as "messing with Texas." More »
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The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that despite talks stalling last year, Formula One may still be headed to New Jersey for an event in the shadow of the Manhattan skyline. More »
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If you weren't aware, Ferrari offers the filthy rich several ways to trade said riches for the privilege of flogging Ferrari racecars on tracks around the world. Check out the scene inside the company's il Reparto Corse Clienti, where private clients' cars get the prancing horse treatment. More »
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Formula 1's governing body has been considering a change to the only feature of Grand Prix cars unchanged for the past few decades: closing the cockpit. That's why it's shooting a tire at 140 mph into a jet fighter canopy. More »
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The sound of an F1 engine has changed so much over the years. While I like the high pitch whine of the current cars, it sounds more like a missile being fired than a race car. But I shouldn't complain as I'm sure one day they will be electric or something that doesn't make any noise. That'll really suck. Because I like the noise. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5819077&view=rss&microfeed=true Despite the constant threat of four-cylinder turbo engines for the next generation of F1 race cars, the FIA agreed to let teams use a 1.6-liter turbo V6 for the 2014 season. Maybe Mercedes can just borrow this one. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5817124&view=rss&microfeed=true One reason Austin's getting the U.S. Grand Prix is the promise of $250 million in state funding, which requires the city to reimburse $4 million per year. Now, the U.S.G.P. backers have agreed to foot that bill. Because free money. More »
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Sorta like the United Nations appoints goodwill ambassadors to promote itself globally, America produces some other kind of ambassadors to highlight our culture. Here's Ice-T shooting video of his visit in the McLaren F1 pits last weekend, meeting people you'll never meet. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5812169&view=rss&microfeed=true The BBC has received more than 700 complaints from furious antiques fans after Antiques Roadshow was postponed due to the abnormally long rain delay in Sunday's Formula 1 race and the over-running coverage that resulted. More »
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Ken Block is set to get his first taste of Formula 1 machinery when he drives Pirelli's Toyota test car at Monza in August. Wait, does this mean we'll see Block racing Formula 1? Nope. It's mainly just the marketing-mad shoe magnate having some fun. More »
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Last week, Formula 1's governing body reinstated the Bahrain Grand Prix despite the country's brutal crackdown against protestors agitating against its dictator. Now F1 says it won't race there — and this leaked report shows how the board caved. More »
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Formula 1 decided today to reschedule the Bahrain Grand Prix for October. As the news was announced, Bahraini police fired rubber bullets at protestors after a funeral for a demonstrator killed and tortured in prison. New lows in marketing ahead. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5808283&view=rss&microfeed=true Paul Greengrass, the man responsible for the "Bourne" movies, may make a film about Niki Lauda's 1976 Formula 1 battle with James Hunt. Or he could shoot Tom Hanks as a freighter captain fending off Somali pirates. Here's our vote. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5807924&view=rss&microfeed=true A British judge ruled that Tony Fernandes' Team Lotus could keep racing in F1 as such, while Dany Bahar's Group Lotus gets the black livery for its Renault-powered team and rights to Lotus road cars. Who's appealing? Guess. More »
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This morning, former Forumla 1 champion Kimi Raikkonen drove his first practice in a Nascar race truck ahead of the race in Charlotte tonight. See if you can spot the moment where a Scandinavian flick comes in handy. More »
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Fernando Alonso extended his Formula 1 racing contract with Ferrari through 2016 this week, meaning there'll be plenty more chances to turn men into giggling schoolgirls by tossing a Ferrari 458 around the Fiorano test track. More »
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Force India's Adrian Sutil and Renault majority shareholder Eric Lux were apparently involved in fisticuffs following the Chinese Grand Prix at a night club called M1NT. Sutil left with scars, Lux walked out of a VIP room bleeding, and Lewis Hamilton had to be removed by bodyguards. More »
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Despite pretending the "Texas experiment" of cutting millions in government spending to make up for billions in revenue shortfalls was working, the state is actually billions of dollars in debt. In the face of teacher layoffs, some are looking at cutting the $25 million promised to the US Grand Prix. More »
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A little wet in Turkey, you say? Wünderkind Sebastian Vettel made a rare miscalculation and stuffed his Red Bull car into the wall at Turn Eight and damaged the car so badly the team couldn't repair it in time to send him back out for more practice. More »
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Against the dire predictions of some, the future home of the U.S. Grand Prix — aka the bong-shaped Circuit of Americas — may actually be finished in time to run a mid-2012 race. More »
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It looks like changes to the KERS system in F1 cars will allow them to go electric-only in the pits for 2013 using a significantly more powerful EV system. Is this a greenwashing job or awesome tech? (H/T to Twiggy!) More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5797083&view=rss&microfeed=true Dale Earnhardt Jr. says it'd be nifty if Michael Schumacher turned a few laps in Nascar: "We'd all really be thrilled to see it. Whether you thought it was great or right or wrong, we'd all be watching.'' H/t Swine! More »
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Last year, Eric Koretz at The Image Hunter showed how to capture classic Ferrari Formula 1 racers in 3D. Here's his follow-up, showing the epic detail necessary to get three-dimensional racing footage of classic F1 cars. — Ed. More »
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People have done crazy things because they love F1 champ Michael Schumacher so much, including giving him an entire island in Dubai. But does the gift of land top the gift of insane human disfigurement? More »
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